Hotel Sun White

1 Location: located on a main road (not a side street or back alleyway), 5 min walk to Osaka Castle, 1 min walk to Family Mart, 2 min walk to 7/11 (for withdrawing Japanese yen), 1 min walk to subway entrance (for transport) plus local eateries on both sides of the road in either direction for miles, Lots of foot traffic (cyclists included) and cars on both sides of the road well into the late night (safety and security) 2 Staff: professional, caring, helpful, hospitable, friendly, warm, and they have some good English speakers. 3 Price: vale for money (inexpensive), can’t be beaten on price and I was able to extend my stay for another 3 days 4 Cleaned everyday: not every 2nd or 3rd day but everyday (fresh linen, removal of waste, vacuumed, tidied) same time everyday. I would go out touring in the day, leave my key at the front desk come back to a clean, fresh room : ) 5 Functionality: great sized fridge it could hold a 1 litre milk standing up! Material headboard (which was warm on the back) comfortable bed and pillows, long desk (the width of the room-wall to wall) for all my belongings, no cues for the elevators and they were swift, working air con, working TV, microwave for heating up leftovers, no cues for the washing machine or dryer, cutest little iron and ironing board (on request), small bathroom but doable

There is a restaurant in the lobby, operated independently, and only open at certain times. The hotel is also located in an area with a lot of restaurants, izakayas, and café options. It is close to the entrance to the subway and to Osaka Castle. The staff are very nice and do try to communicate in English. You have access to a TV, an ensuite bathroom, kettle, hair dryer and Aircon. The hotel also gives you a complimentary green tea sachet. If you complete their survey, qr code found in the elevator, you get a free bottle of mineral water from the front desk - much needed in this heat!

The staff is very helpful and some can speak english. The room is spacious (maybe because it was supposed to be room for 4 but there is only 3 of us). There is 2 old laundry machine and 1 new laundry machine and it usually empty. There is vending machine and microwave too. As everyone said, it's dated but there is netflix and youtube on the TV (which help us got entertained after a week watching japanese tv show and news cluelessly). It's near convenience store and also the subway (stairs). Also we fell in love with one of the crepe store near the hotel.

- It's near the train stations and Osaka Castle. - They have specific dates for full room cleaning but on other days, they replace the towels and garbage bag. - They have coin laundry, vending machine, and microwave at 6th floor. - They also have luggage delivery (using Yamato(?)) to another hotel or airport.

I like how they clean the room everyday. Just basic cleaning and getting our trash. They do change the sheets on the 3rd or 4th day of your stay if I’m not mistaken. You can leave your keys in the lobby and just get it back when you return from going out. Lots of restaurants and convenience store in the area. The train station exit is just less than a minute walk from the hotel. If you have luggages you can take the exit across the street with elevator access. They also helped me fill out the form for my luggage forwarding and took care of it for me. My luggage arrived safely in my hotel in Tokyo. I already booked my room again with them for my next trip. :)